William Gallagher

When Dinosaurs Roamed New Jersey

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text provides a history of the geology and palaeontology of New Jersey from the time the region was covered by the Cambrian seas, 543 million years ago, to the Pleistocene Ice Age, 10-15,000 years ago. Ongoing controversies are discussed alongside past fossil discoveries and their impact.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780813523491
• ISBN-10: 0813523494
• Artikelnr.: 21362225

Autorenporträt

William B. Gallagher

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Fossils, Strata, and Time
Chapter 2. The Deep Past: New Jersey Before the Dinosaurs
Chapter 3. Who Are the Dinosaurs? 
Chapter 4. New Jersey: Birthplace of American Dinosaur Paleontology
Chapter 5. The Earliest Dinosaurs
Chapter 6. Heyday of the Dinosaurs
Chapter 7. Cretaceous Sea Life
Chapter 8. The Last Dinosaurs
Chapter 9. The Great Extinction
Chapter 10. After the Dinosaurs
Appendix A: Where to See Dinosaurs and Other Fossils in and around New
Jersey
Appendix B: Methods for Studying Dinosaur Footprints
Appendix C: How to Find Fossils in New Jersey
Notes
Glossary
Annotated Bibliography
Index